Methods A prospective cohort of 212 patients with COPD was monitored using daily symptom diaries for a median of 2.8 years to characterise the time course of COPD exacerbation onset. Decision rules ...
A clinically and functionally relevant definition of an asthma exacerbation will be invaluable in the assessment of the severity of such an event and the streamlining of the steps necessary to ...
The use of systemic corticosteroids during exacerbation decreased treatment failure rate by 46% and was associated with a mean decrease in hospital length of stay by 1.42 days when compared with ...
The epidemiology of exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is reviewed with particular reference to the definition, frequency, time course, natural history and seasonality, and ...
And periodically they will have what we call an exacerbation, which is an acute worsening of the disease. So their cough will get worse, their shortness of breath will get worse, Thomas DeMarini ...